THE Boljoon Municipal Government might have to conduct a forced evacuation in Sitios Camfranco and Sangi in Barangay Lower Becerril. This was the recommendation of the Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office (PDRRMO) after another landslide struck the barangay, nearly covering the newly constructed diversion road there. With no letup in the rain since continue reading : Evacuate areas stricken by landslides, Boljoon told
Boljoon disaster: Subdivision planned for displaced families
CEBU, Philippines — The Cebu Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office (PDRRMO) is looking at transforming the disaster at the landslide-stricken areas in uphill Barangay Bereccil, Boljoon, Cebu into a development opportunity. “I always look at disasters turned into opportunities,” PDRRMO Head Baltazar Tribunalo told reporters yesterday following an inter-agency site inspection in the continue reading : Boljoon disaster: Subdivision planned for displaced families
Areas to transfer village residents identified
The Municipal Government of Boljoon identified two areas as potential relocation sites for residents living in landslide-affected sitios in Barangay Lower Becerril. With the recent call from the Mines and Geosciences Bureau to declare Sitio Calfranco as a “no habitation zone,” Boljoon town officials led by Mayor Merlou Derama want to transfer 36 families to continue reading : Areas to transfer village residents identified